Demountable-wheel-lifting device



A. o. PELTIER. Y DEMOUNTABLE WHEEL LIFTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DCT. 3| 1919- 1,349,581. PantedAug 17,1920.

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v'TO DETROIT PRESSED STEEL COMPANY, OF DELAWARE.

OF.DETR OIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATIONv DEMOUN'IABLEWHEELQLIFTING DEVICE.

' v Application filed October 3,

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST O. PnL'rrnn, -acit\izen of the United States of-America, residingat Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Minhigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Demountable-Vheel-Lifting Devi'ces,\of which the following is aspeciiication, reference 'being had therein `to the acconopanyihg` drawings.

The invention relates to demountable wheels for vehicles and 1t 1s the ob]ect of the invention to lessen the labor of lifting the demounted wheel to en ageA the same with the carrying holder. o vthis end the 1nvention consists in the constructlon as here inafter set forth.`

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showingl a dernountable wheel and the holder therefor, together with; my. lifting tool;

ig. 2 is an end elevation.

is a demountable wheel which, as shown, is of the disk type having a central hub-receiving aperture B, with a Series of apertures 'surrounding the same for engagement with the bolts clamping the wheel to the hub.

D is a holder having a hub portion E for fit- 4- ting within the aperture B and also provided with a series of studs F for registration with the aperture C.. G is a central stud extending outward from the portion E and having near its outer end the transversely extending aperture H.

' The holder as above described is normally located 'on the vehicle a considerable distance above the ground, So that it is neces sary to lift'the wheel for engagement therewith. Where large heavy wheels' are ein-v vployed, the labor of lifting to this holder is considerable, so as to render it difficult for one person unaided to effect such a mount ing. Ihave therefore devised a tool for assisting in liftingthe wheel', constructed as A follows J is a bar having at one end thereof a laterally extending portion K having a pin L projecting therefrom and engageable with titi the aperture H in the stud G. The distance between the center of this pin L and the outer edge of the bar 'J is substantially equal to the radius of the aperture in the disk, so that when the bar extends horizontally its upper edge will be in substantial alinelnent with the upper edge the hub l Speeeaton of Letters Patent. Patnted Aug, 1 7, 1920 1919. Serial No. 328,282.

supporting the disk. The bar J is of a length to extendffrom its point of engagement with the stud G downward in an inclined direction through the aperture in the disk when the demountable wheel is rest- Iingupon the ground. The bar is also provided with a laterally-projecting lug M for Thus when the bar is in this its lowerend can be grasped by the operengaging the upper edge of 'said aperture in ,the disk.

'position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1,65

ator and' lifted; vthekbaracting as a lever of I the second class which is. fulcrumed upon the pin L. In this way the wheelniay-be lifted until the bar is in substantiallyhorizontal position, as shownv in dotted lines, whereupon the operator may push the wheel inward on the bar until the studs F engage the apertures C and support the weight of the wheel. The bar J may then be detached from the stud G and the disk clamped to theholder.

To facilitate the carrying of the tool it is preferably formed in foldable sections and as shown N is an extension portion of the bar. which ispivotally secured at O. The bar J is Vpreferablyforrned of pressed sheet metal having an angle section in the portion J thereof and a channel section inthe ortion J 2, in which the extension member is ivoted.

What claim as 1n invention is: 1. A demountable w eel lifting tool com-4 prising -abar adapted to be inserted obliquely through. the hub aperture in the wheel, means at the upper end of said bar for formingthe fulcruln engagement with the tire holder, and a bearing on said bar -for engaging the wheel, whereby. said bar may be actuated as a lever of the second class to lift'the wheel into alinement with the holder. f

2'. The combination with an elevated wheel -holder having a hub portion for engaging the hub aperture of the wheel, of a tool for lifting the wheel comprising a bar for insertion diagonally through the hub aperture i-n vsaid .wheel when restingon the ground, the upper end of Said bar having a fulcrumed engagement with said holder, and` holder for demountable Wheels havinga portion for engaging the hub aperture in saidl Wheel, of a lifting tool comprising a bar adapted for insertion diagonally from said hub vaperture 'in the wheel while restino' on the ground,ithe upper end of said bar hav- 1ng a, fulcrum bearing on' said holdelgaluo' fis projecting from said bar for engaging said wheel' at the upper edge osaid aperture andja. handle portion at thlower` end o said bar for lifting the 'saine into 'substantially. horizontal' position, said wheel being s lidable on saidbar into engagement with v its holder.'

v4. The combination with` an elevated y .demountable wheel holder, comprising a hub portion for enga 'ng the hub aperture of the the hub aperture in saidwhecl when on the ground, the upper endof said ing provided with a vfulcrum bearing for wheel, and a'stu extending axially outward frorn said hub portion, of a liftino tool 'comprlsing 'a 'bar .insertible diagonali);7 through bar be- 4a handle resting engaging .said 'outwardly extending stud, said hearing being laterally deflected to aline the upper edge .of the bar with the upper edge of the'hub hearing when the former is in substantially horizontal position, a bearing on said bar for engaging said wheel' at theouter edge of the aperture therein, and ortion at the lower end of said bar for 4li ting the saine and the wheel when age, allv substantially-as and for the purpose set forth. I A In ltestnnony whereof I affix my signature. t

AUGUST o. PELTIER. 

